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Lara Andre
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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And this one via @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social at @garbageday.email sent me down some rabbit holes (but in a good way).

www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...
Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme
Making sense of our dark new era of extremely online political violence
www.garbageday.email
September 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Some context: The USPP restricted vehicular pursuits after two officers chased, shot and killed a driver named Bijan Gisar in 2017. The government settled with Gisar's family for $5 million, but neither officer was charged nor lost his job. (www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...)
BURGUM: “I was shocked to find out, like, ‘oh, [USPP] pull somebody over and they just drive away and you can't pursue them?’ And they said ‘no, we can't.’ We got that rule changed in 24 hours because of President Trump's leadership. The next night they had so much fun. They pulled people over.”
Officer repeatedly seen on camera in DC crackdown shows Trump agents' impunity
US Park Police officer Patrick O’Hanlon isn’t unique in his behavior. He just got caught.
www.thehandbasket.co
August 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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one of the stranger phenomena in American life is that hate is supposed to flow in one direction (rural people get to hate urban people, Republicans get to hate Democrats) and if the hate goes the other way people pretend as if this is very upsetting.
The media made a HUGE deal out of "basket of deplorables" and "cling to their guns or religion."

But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
in addition to his "shylocks" comment, i can't imagine the media backlash if Biden said anything like from this screenshot - that he "hates Republicans" - and i'm also tired of having this "IMAGINE IF BIDEN!" thought experiment but it's just a constant reminder of the double standards
July 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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LAPD when they think nobody is watching
June 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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The biggest cut to health care cut ever. The biggest cut to SNAP. Tax hikes for working people.

The largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in U.S. history.

There’s a reason Republicans are only working on this bill in the dead of night.
If enacted, this would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in U.S. history.
New from CBO: the Republican budget reconciliation plan would hurt the poorest Americans while helping the richest Americans
May 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.

Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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"A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison...A report...claimed the Venezuelan man was a member of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang." www.jsonline.com/story/news/i...
Gay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced Milwaukee cop's report
Now a contractor for ICE, the officer was on the Brady list of disgraced cops in Milwaukee. His report helped send a man to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
www.jsonline.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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This man protested for democracy against the Maduro regime and came to America, where he thought he would be safe.

We sent him to a gulag for it.
March 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
March 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/
March 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Republicans snuck a provision into the rule for the CR that would preemptively surrender congressional authority to block tariffs.

When House Republicans vote for this rule today, they will also be voting to support Trump's tariffs and all the resulting damage to the US economy
March 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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DHS “skipped a fully competitive bidding process to give two Republican-linked firms the first part of a $200 million tv ad campaign that lauds” Trump for his mass family separation plan.

How many federal worker jobs could have been saved for that amount? apnews.com/article/dhs-... #AtWhatCost
How the White House hired Republican political firms to launch an anti-migrant ad campaign
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security skipped a fully competitive bidding process to give two Republican-linked firms the first part of a $200 million anti-immigration ad campaign.
apnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.

Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Adding trillions to the debt and forcing poor people to suffer and die are historically the GOPs two most cherished traditions
BREAKING: House Republicans just passed their budget resolution 217-215 that would virtually guarantee deep cuts to Medicaid and food stamps, all to fund a major tax break for the ultrawealthy... and still add trillions to the national debt.
February 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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NEW: A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do administration and elected officials keep relying on it?
The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers
A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do administration and elected officials keep relying on it?
www.propublica.org
February 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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By accepting Trump’s anti-Black premise and regurgitating the narrative that equates anything Black as DEI, the NY Times has become part of the propaganda machine
February 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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New:

DOGE's spending has been secret.

No longer.

My colleagues have uncovered it.

www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM